. The street railway review . same time protect the road from abuse of the privi-lege by an unscrupulous public, and the extra ride givendoes not in the aggregate constitute a haul of suchlength to preclude the business being done for one fare,we are firmly convinced the transfer sj-stem is a goodthing. Conceding then, the double ride to be within reason,the first point is to so word the transfer as to protectthe company, and issue it at such places and with a timelimit which will prevent its being scalped, or admit of thepassenger or anj- other person using it to double back ona return trip,
. The street railway review . same time protect the road from abuse of the privi-lege by an unscrupulous public, and the extra ride givendoes not in the aggregate constitute a haul of suchlength to preclude the business being done for one fare,we are firmly convinced the transfer sj-stem is a goodthing. Conceding then, the double ride to be within reason,the first point is to so word the transfer as to protectthe company, and issue it at such places and with a timelimit which will prevent its being scalped, or admit of thepassenger or anj- other person using it to double back ona return trip, either over the line from which issued or aparallel one leading to same destination. It is impossibleto lay down an ironclad form as no two cities are exactlyalike in the location of their street car lines. The transfer, however, should read negatively, and in-stead of stating good on such a line at such an hour ofsuch a day,—it should read something like this: — notgood unless presented on such a line within such a time. BoCT. M Onov iinnaiFiDEc stocking Leonard SLScribner St_East Bridge SLPlalnfield SLShawmutWealthy StDivision Fulton. (CONSOLIDATED—GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.) and on a given date. The compan}* have also the rightto demand that it be presented at a given point—not oneor more blocks distant, the real condition of the transfermeaning a continuous ride, the passeuger stepping fromone car and taking the first succeeding one going to hisdestination. Several cases have arisen where passengers have suedfor refusal to honor transfer at from one block to onemile from transfer point, notwithstanding they took a car coming over the same route which they had traveled onfoot or otherwise. The courts have held that passengermust take the car at a point specified in the transfer, andthat its acceptance by the passenger and its subsequentacceptance by the company may be made contingent onobserving this rule. Thi
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